A few days ago the folks at Boing Boing rebroadcast an imagine that they’d picked up from Salon.com politics editor Elias Isquith. The image, which has now been shared by over 8,000 people on Facebook alone, started showing up in my social media feeds this morning, accompanied by words like, “horrifying.” On the face of […]
By Mark | December 24, 2012
Here on the site last week, I twice invoked an article that had appeared on Salon.con entitled Right-to-work bill: Michigan just gives up. Well, the second time I did so, the author of the piece, Ted McClelland, left a comment. And, from there, a short email exchange ensued, resulting in the following interview. I hope […]
Posted in Michigan, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Railway Union, Amway, and Hopes of America's Industrial Heartland, brain drain, Brian Dickerson, Caught in the Middle, Chicago, Edward McClelland, exit interviews, fiscal cliff, globalization, Grand Rapids, Hard Times, interviews, Lansing, MEDC, Michael Finney, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Michigan State, Michissippi, Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation, Niowave, Nothin' But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Obama, Renaissance Center, Richard C. Longworth, Richard Marx, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Ted McClelland, UAW, United Auto Workers, University of Michigan, Young Mr. Obama: Chicago and the Making of a Black President |
By Mark | December 17, 2009
For what it’s worth, I think Glenn Greenwald and Russ Feingold are probably right when they say that we shouldn’t lay all the blame for what happened with regard to healthcare reform at the feet of Joe Lieberman. Much of the blame, as Glenn points out in his recent article on Salon, belongs with Obama. […]
Posted in Health, Politics | Also tagged Glenn Greenwald, healthcare reform, Howard Dean, insurance, insurance company bailout, Joe Lieberman, Medicare, Obama, Russ Feingold, the public option |
By Mark | October 6, 2009
I didn’t see it coming, but now, in retrospect, I guess it was inevitable… It seems as though conservatives, after years of agonizing over the complete disconnect between the way their savior lived his life, and the way they choose to live their own, have taken it upon themselves to make a big change. No, […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Religious Extremism | Also tagged adultery, Bible, Christianity, comrade, Conservapedia, Conservative Bible Project, crazy conservative projects, Devil, disciples, emasculation, flat tax, Framework against Liberal Bias, free market parables, gender inclusive, hypocrisy, Jesus Christ, King James version, liberal bias, liberal wordiness, limp-wristed sissies, miracle, peace, Pharisees, tax collectors, the book of Matthew, the logic of Hell, the plight of the overtaxed rich, the threat of Socialism, translation, unisex, Van Jones, word-to-substance ratio |
If I weren’t a thoroughly beaten and lifeless husk of my former self, I’d be out at the Old Miami tonight watching Quintron. If I had HBO, I’d be watching Drew Barrymore’s retelling of Grey Gardens. But, as I’m old, lazy, and cheap, I’m sitting here on my couch, reading about how Ron Paul wants […]
Posted in entrepreneurism, Mark's Life, Other, Politics, Pop Culture, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 9/11, Big Bad D, Black Jake, Blackbeard, Captain Maynard, Drew Barrymore, Grey Gardens, HBO, letters of marque, Maynard, Old Miami, Osama bin Laden, pirates, Quintron, Ron Paul, thoroughly beaten and lifeless husk of my former self |
